The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09
IN A GYPSY CAMP.
The Sentiment and Superstition Heard In
tho Romany Tent.
From ne 50. Louts Globe Democrat

Around the tent and kettle-stick cluster by
far the most that is priced in gypsy lore. senti-
home. as much as your own habitation Is yours.
The race feeling OF attachment to IT is wonder
full to hS saEf KS
own prossnitors' habftations il e undiscoyy-
lovely camp on the Presumpscot nearly ali face
camp in any part Of the world Possibly there is
sun worshipping Possibly your reason that
its lazy occupants love the sun like any other
guage only preserved from lip to memory.
and whose. possessors are too ignorant to
comprehend its or their own origin. there
barbaric heart lore many expressions Of most
poetic form and feeling. These tell how
closely Knit unto h ane to make his
tent home all that Is dearest and best to him.
Firm as rounded hill are the tents of my
years ago. and the roadside wanderer to-day
M eas
a@be a' or az bright tents FURNISHED by. the
sun" sang some Komany solomon in the jun
gIes q India and the gypsy Lover Of to-day
people as our tents against the sand wind"
viii cling to my kom the rs the head shs
tSs storm darts as shields q brass make row,
coiored tents remain hidden from the pur;
s IL s .h the Valleys sHs Asssse sss
so my tent hoideth ali my life"-ars few Of
the tent; which rough and unctuous fancies.
crystallizing motive and character are count
The sksWer Is the SHARP hickory DeG Win IN
s sse' and s sse%sr tOnsus sypsy
as as as rott s9ve sens bo@ lowd Woman
as fallen tent; and T SSsqa a Sne aso
songs. in which the tent stands for, all that
shuts harm out and good In: while there
and Customs S ABOUT the tent which are Very In.
teresting to observe and study. The rule Is
universal preventing gypsies occupying the
when driven inside by storms. Incase of quar-
reIs involving serious trouble and possible en-
mss q @ syRfH Eh he %
Il can be spioed and patched together. out III q
friend" is one OF their proud sayings; Any
gypsy born under a tent preserves piece zee o.
o Snd IS Ssn bulss hs
DO born In the tent carries pride. as does gooa
Of bos T6sss
derisively termed in Romany ksir raiahs, or
house lords."
gy As S the kettlesticE has its place among
the legends and lore OF the race. It Is not only
an imperatively needed factor IL every DAY
piece OF iron possesses almost the same cher,
!shed value as the ingle hook; 1t is the typiiied
oSsst 81 the O. tnles highest e
the tinker over there by his little portable
forge. is now hammering away upon one upon
fioritIro. are wonderful Indeed. I once saw
one wrought by, the gypsy Faa tribe,
Of Yetholm. England an heirloom
Gould The Sfsn Of @Spsy
household is always It's keeper. and the anx:
iety about proper projection OF this on. one pit 81
old Iron from which the pots aR re sestes hang
amounts to positive, lunacy. :, The reason for
this discovered to be that all sorts OF super
stitions cling to its continued possession. 1t Is
a kind OF amulet to the gypsy home as an en-
ner OF carelessness. is fully believed to be the
precursor OF oil sorts of Ill luck. But they have
no use for this priced utensil unless 1t comes
into their possession through the .grotesque
I once found little band Of newly arrived
German gypsies on the banks Of the ROMANTIC
Wissahickon, In q state OF pitiable poverty;
felt was doing them great turn In having
made them handsome kettls;stick In Phlla :;
with apparent gratitude and delight; but
afterward learned that was not well out OF
camp ere they had sold my fine gift for old iron,
It had come from G9rsio, 4on.gypsy; How,
gypsy character. The truth is. they would
have eaten their food raw before they would
have used 1t. ! have since asked many gypsies
and ali could get from them was; awe Jess
more explicit, Hits our way"